Embodied Sovereignty: 8 Day Women's Only San Pedro (Huachuma) Immersion in Playa Grande, Costa Rica

You have been everything to everyone.
The mother, the caregiver, the leader, the one who holds it together. Somewhere in keeping everyone else going, you left yourself. Your boundaries are hard to find and harder to hold. You say yes out of guilt. Your own needs sit at the bottom of the list, and your body has been carrying too much for too long.

You already know what needs to change. You did not lose yourself through failure. You were trained to give yourself away. You are not broken, and you will not be pushed here. This is a small, women-only circle, and first-timers are welcome.

You might recognize

Saying yes when you mean no
Rest that never feels earned
Sleep that does not restore you
Tension you carry everywhere
Your needs, always last
A quiet distance from who you are

What these eight days are for

Eight days does not undo a lifetime of over-giving. It gives you the felt experience of the alternative, and the tools to keep choosing it at home. That is why the immersion sits inside six weeks of preparation and twelve weeks of integration. This is not a retreat where you receive healing. It is where you reclaim your authority to heal yourself.

San Pedro (Huachuma), the medicine that keeps you in your body

San Pedro (Huachuma) is a sacred Andean cactus medicine, held in daylight and in nature. The Illuminator, the medicine quiets the busy mind and illuminates what is out of alignment with truth, love, and integrity. Across a long daytime window, you remain present, attuned to sensation, and connected to emotional truth, able to move, express, and process in real time. That sustained presence is what reclaiming sovereignty asks for.

Sustained embodied presence: you learn to stay with what arises, softly rather than by force.
Daytime rhythm: sunlight, earth, and the natural pace of the day support your nervous system while you do deep work.
Time as medicine: the long window lets you practice new patterns of self-trust in the moment.
Patterns met in the body: by staying present as old patterns surface, you complete what was left incomplete.

Embodiment in practice: sensuality is not seduction, it is five senses, awake

You cannot think your way into your body. Much of this week is built to bypass the mind and go straight to sensation.

Five senses meditation: a guided return to each sense in turn, the simplest doorway back into the body.
A blindfolded meal: sight removed, everything else amplified, eaten with your fingers.
Tide pool floating: held by warm Pacific water in the rock pools below the lodge, with nowhere to be.
Embodied movement: not choreography, not performance, whatever your body wants to do.
Mirror work: eye to eye with yourself, speaking love out loud, and practicing how to receive it.
What makes your body sigh: an inquiry we return to all week, until you can answer it without hesitating, and then honor the answer.

The eight-day sovereignty arc

Three gates, walked in order and woven through three ceremonies. Slow down and soften first. Permission and authenticity next. Self-love and boundaries last, once there is a body safe enough to hold them. Each ceremony reveals what the last one made safe to see, and each gate makes the next one possible.

Begin before you arrive

These are the questions we will sit with together. There are no correct answers. Notice which one your body reacts to before your mind does, and bring that one with you.

What does embodiment mean to you?
What does feminine embodiment mean to you?
In what ways do you feel embodied in your life currently?
What are you not embodying?
When do you not feel embodied?
What would you like to embody, or embody more of?
Can you envision it? What would it feel like in your body?

Seen, heard, and held, the whole way through

Our mission: a safe and welcoming space where every woman feels seen, heard, and understood, where she knows, in her body, that she matters. Ten women maximum, and the lodge hosts no other program during your stay. Every woman is known by name and intention, in preparation, in ceremony, and in the months that follow. The immersion is guided by trauma-informed principles, so safety, consent, and care are felt, not just named.

You go home belonging to yourself

Women tell us they leave:

Rested, without needing to earn it
Able to say no without apologizing
Trusting their body and their intuition
With their own needs back on the list
Comfortable taking up space
Lighter, softer, and more like themselves

In their words

"This was truly a life-changing experience. From the moment I arrived, I felt a deep sense of safety and care. I left with clarity, gratitude, and profound shifts." Alessandra, Huachuma, January 2026

"The experience was deep and subtle and profoundly blissful. Days later I still find it much easier to be present, calm, and relaxed." Deborah, Women's Huachuma, January 2026

"I feel like I received a nervous system reset and true healing at Ananda. The meticulously planned program was the perfect experience for me." Nicole, Women's Immersion, December 2025

"The container is intentional and trauma-informed. Safety, consent, and care are not just words here. They are felt throughout the experience." Kim, Women's Immersion, 2025